George - Family


James and Eliza		 George was one of five children born to James and Eliza Dench.





Evelyn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Evelyn Dench


Evelyn never married; she was in the Guide movement for many years and worked in Betchworth until she retired to a flat in Leatherhead.

Sidney
For some years she and brother George had adjoining flats, but in 2000 she moved to the Red House Nursing home in Ashtead where she celebrated her 100th birthday in 2002. Evelyn died in January 2004 see Evelyn's page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Sid & Midge
Sidney (Sid) sang in the Church choir for a short while, leaving after the First World War to join the Coldstream Guards, serving in the Far East in the Second World War.

He was selected as one of the firing party at the Cenotaph for the inauguration of the Tomb of the Unknown warrior.

He married Midge and brought up five children in Haslemere. George

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


George in 1926
George and Una
and in 2001

Dorrie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




Dorrie 1930
Dorrie & Len
Dorrie 1990
Dorothy (Dorrie) and Len married after Eliza Dench died in 1939. They moved into the family home in Highlands Road, Leatherhead, where they lived the rest of their lives, bringing up Philip, their only child there.

Sadly Marjorie died shortly after birth.